WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYEE ARE YOU? – QUICK TEST

All employees can be roughly divided into types – sometimes occurring in pure form, but more often in mixed form. Find out what type you are. This knowledge is useful not only for superiors, but also for the employees themselves – in order to more precisely determine their place in a row and somehow find their place in their own group. Answer a few simple questions and find out what type of employee you are and what kind of team you work best in.

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1. WHAT DO YOU DO AS SOON AS YOU GET TO WORK?

  1. Plan day and distribute responsibilities to others
  2. Start by drinking coffee and talking to my colleagues
  3. Finish what I started the day before and perform further duties according to a predetermined plan
  4. Present to my supervisor a new idea that came to my mind the day before

2. WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM AT WORK:

  1. Outsource the task to others
  2. Decide to help others to analyze and solve the problem
  3. Carefully analyze the task step by step and wonder what could have gone wrong
  4. Take on the problem because you find it an interesting challengeemployee meeting

3. WHICH QUALITIES FIT YOU BEST?

  1. Leadership and courageous
  2. Dreamy and outgoing
  3. Intelligent and ambitious
  4. Creative and practical

4. HOW IMPORTANT IS REGULAR CONTACT WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR TO YOU?

  1. I don’t feel the need
  2. It’s important to me. I want my boss to like me and not only professionally but also privately
  3. This is crucial for me. I need not only praise but also constructive criticism
  4. I like to be noticed by my boss. If he doesn’t appreciate my daily efforts, I feel lousytype of employee

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT INTEGRATION TRIPS? *

  1. For me, it’s a waste of time. At work you have to work, not make friends
  2. Love integration! I have an active social life – it’s great fun!
  3. I participate in them, but if they are not there – I don’t care
  4. Integration trips are very necessary. They allow you to get to know each other better and look at your company friends from a different perspective

6. THE DEADLINE OF THE PROJECT IS COMING:

  1. Keep a cool head, you do your job, but you also monitor the progress of your colleagues
  2. Share the atmosphere of panic in the office, so you and your colleagues spend hours in the kitchen complaining about the workload
  3. Don’t care, you’ve already done your job a long time ago
  4. Wonder if you haven’t done enough?

7. AFTER WORK:

  1. I shop, clean and cook so I have time to myself at the weekend
  2. I meet up with friends and plan a weekend together. Party!
  3. Reading books, listening to podcasts, further education
  4. Writing a blog, drawing, doing hobbies

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RESULTS

Prevalence of “employee 1” answers Chief/President.

You can be the boss/president type and not have that role on the team. What does this type desire? Recognition, power, a sense of empowerment. He wants to be taken as an authority. What makes it different? He tries to manage people and resources and has natural leadership qualities. He knows who performs what duties, who deserves a promotion, a bonus, a better position. Or at least he thinks he knows. How to motivate him? A president can be appreciated by giving him the right position (the right title) to prove himself. The Boss/President type should feel that they actually have some power, they decide something. Otherwise, his leadership skills fade and are of no use – to him or to the company. The employer can give him a chance to develop by giving him access to training, courses or sending him on business trips. The role of Boss/President is extremely psychologically costly – risking burnout, overload, stress.

Prevalence of “employee 2” answers Buddy.

What does this type want? More than fulfilling his duties, he cares about feeling like he belongs to the company, his co-workers, the character of the place where he spends a lot of time. What makes it different? Buddy is the idealistic type. Likes to be appreciated in public, or at least feel that his opinion matters. He has a good sense of group relationships, tensions, and the temperature between people. He likes to run to help. How to motivate him? Involve him in various tasks, taking into account his opinions. Buddy also likes to stay in touch after work – he enjoys team building meetings, company events.

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Prevalence of “employee 3” answers Expert/ Analyst.

What does he want? He needs: to know, to specialize, to further his education. What makes it different? Enjoys tasks and responsibilities that require strong skills and expanding knowledge. A good job is a job that allows you to grow, to learn something. What motivates the Expert/Analyst? Frequent trainings and suggesting competent, even better educated people to help – people from whom the Expert/Analyst can learn something. In addition, this type likes to see themselves in a mentoring role for other employees – training, giving advice, instructing. Let’s give him room to do that.

Prevalence of “employee 4” answers Creator responses.

What does he want? Showing off. Responsibilities should be the kind of challenges that he needs to meet and continue to face. What makes it different? At work he values above all invention. He is creative, likes change, originality, but gets bored quickly. He likes original solutions. How to motivate him? Assign him tasks that require creativity. Add variety to your work schedule by avoiding routine. By giving such a person equal responsibilities, we risk them getting bored, burned out, and ultimately doing a worse job. The environment – in and out of work – should provide the maximum amount of stimulation for the creator.

And what type of employee are you? Share the result with us in the comments!

Editorial staff